Nats

D.C. squad, briefly

Nats is the plural of nat, a unit of information in information theory—the natural logarithm equivalent of a bit.

In machine learning contexts, nats measure cross-entropy loss: The model achieved 2.3 nats on the validation set.

Separately, nats is informal for the Washington Nationals baseball team or gnats (small flying insects).

baseball

Washington

U.S. seat of government

  • MLBPro baseball organization
  • pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
  • catcherMasked diamond position

shortstop · outfielder · batter · inning · home run · strikeout · double play · bullpen · dugout · diamond

competition

playoffs

Championship elimination series

matchup · series · tournament · standings · bracket · elimination · seed · contenders · clinch · qualify

fanbase

supporters

People who back something

crowd · devotion · loyalty · enthusiasts · boosters · backers · aficionados · legion · followers · partisans

Opposites
mlb rivalry

NatsPhillies

Philadelphia baseball team

Orioles · Yankees · Astros · Red Sox

naming formality

NatsWashington Nationals

D.C. professional baseball franchise

NATURAL VS ENHANCED (gaming/bodybuilding slang)

Natsjuicers

Fruit liquid extractors

enhanced · synthetics · artificials · modified

Phrases
Family

nat, gnat, gnats

Familiarity
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